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g SUBTRACTING TABULATOR Filed Feb. 4. 1927' 14 Sheets-Sheet 14 Qvwemtbz FRED M. CARROLL ethane/KW Plants June 7, 1 932 UNITED s'rA'ras PATENT OFFlCE FRED M. CARROLL, OF YONKEBS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE TABUIlATING MACHINE COMPANY, OF ENDICOTT, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY 'SUBTRACTING TABULATOB Application filed February 4, 1927. Serial No. 165,818.

The invention concerns accounti ngLmachines and more particularly such machines on which items may be subtracted as well as added; v n 5 While not limited to such an application the invention has been found to be particularly useful in machines of the printing tabulator type such as that describedin my coending application, Serial No. 147,960, filed ov. 12, 1926 and it will be described in connection with such a machine.

Printing tabulators are controlledin their adding and printing functions by perforated record cards on which data is designated by the differential locations of the perforations inthe cards. The record cards are divided into columns and in the case of numerical data each column maybe properly punched to represent any figure and a plurality of columns may be chosen for recording items consisting of a plurality of denominational orders. Also diflerent groups of columnsmay be selected for the recording of different classes of data. For example, in the present embodiment a certain group of columns or card field may be punched to represent debititems and another group punched to represent credit items. which. are to be subtracted therefrom. The cards are successively and automatically fed through the machine and in passing throu h it are anal zed and'the data represented y their per ora- 'tions or index points is automatically entered into adding units and accumulated. The printing section of the machine is likewise automatically controlled and may either list each item asthe successive record cards are analyzed or print the total of a plurality of items which have been entered into the add- 4c scribed in my copending a plication RbO B referred to is a tabulator ofhigh adding and printing speed in that it makes use of a rotary printer and of reatflexibility of opertained operative entity which may be associated at will'with any other unitfor conjoint operation in tabulating items running into several figures and may be selectively to connected with the analyzing mechanism to in g units and accumulated. The machine deation in that each adding unit is a self-con-- add the figures designated in any card column. The same flexibility of operation also exits in the printing devices and each of these may likewise be connected to the analyzing mechanism to print items from anycard column independently of any adding unit or to any adding unit to print a total accumulated thereon. The present invention contemplates retaining all these features in respect to the adding and printing functions of the machine and in addition providing subtracting mechanism in which similar advantages in speed and flexibility of operation reside.

' The principal object of the invention is to provide an automatic subtracting mechanism for accounting machines in which the sub tracting mechanism involves new and novel arrangements and construction in its operating elements. y

A further object of the invention is to provide for subtracting operations in an accounting machine at operating speeds above those heretofore obtainable.

Another object of the invention is to provide a subtracting mechanism for accounting machines which may be associated at will with any of the adding units of the machine to subtract items entered on the difl'erent units.

' Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved construction and arrangement of elements in a subtracting mechanism to permit items to be subtracted and the original items to be retaiiied in the machine i Another object of the invention is to provide a subtracting mechanism for accounting machines in whic'hthe items to be subtracted are entered into separate adding units and the subtrahend items thereafter converted into their complements by subtracting mechanisms and entered into the minuend units for addition.

These andother objects which 'will become apparent as the description proceeds will be hereinafter explainedin connection with a.

preferred embodiment of the invention.

The principle of operation of the invention consists in entering items which are to be subtracted into separate banks of adding units on which they may be accumulated. It is the totals of the several items on each bank which are subtracted and the subtracting operation conforms somewhat to the well known totaling operations on tabulatin'g machines. It is obvious, however, that the.

subtraction is not limited'to totals of several items but may be effected after a single item of each class has been entered on the adding banks. The subtracting operation involves a number of successive machine cycles and the sequence herein given has been found to func tion satisfactorily on the mechanism chosen for the disclosure, although it will be understood that the sequence may be varied in this or other structures and that under certain circumstances functions which require separate cycles inthe present embodiment may be satisfactorily performed to become effective during thesame machine cycle.

The items to be subtracted are first entered into separate adding units and the subtracting operation is thereafter initiated. It may be supposed for the purpose of explanation that debit items have been entered into one bank of adding units and credit items which are to be subtracted therefrom have been entered into another bank. During the first active cycle of the subtracting operation the total of thedebit items isprinted and the total re-entered or retained on the adding units. In a subsequent cycle the total of the credit items is printed and their adding bank cleared, and coincident with the total and clearing on this bank the nine complement of the total is entered into a subtracting mechanism having units somewhat similar in construction and operationto the adding units.

- The nine complement is entered into the debit between the ori 'nal credit and debit'items.

The'entry of this extra unit'is necessary, because, 1n these machines, the obtaining of the true complement of a number ,involveslydifli culties which would unnecessarily comp It-has become the practice to use the nine complement,

icate the construction of the machine.

that is' the difierence between9999+ and the item, whichisquiteeasilyobtainable and thereafter automatically adding one to the result to obtain the perfect complement. The sub traction operation is terminated by printim the remainder standing on the debit unit an clearin this unit. I

The invention as applied to an exemplary embodiment may be understood from the. following detailed description, which should be read in connection with the attached drawings in which the same parts are'indicated by the same reference numerals throughout the several-views and in which Fig. 1 shows a schematic assembly of a complete machine embodyin the invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional v1ew of the printing mechanism with an associated adder 'ele -ment. a Y p g. 3 is a detail of the mechanism for con- Fi trolling reset of the adder elements;

Fig; 3a is a view ofthe mechanism shown in Fig. 3 at right angles to the latter.

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of a complete adder element.

Figs. 5,6, and 7 are sections on lines 55, 6.6 and 77, respectively, of Fig. 4

Figs. 8 and 9 are details of the transferring mechanism with the parts in. different positions. Fig. 10 is a detail'of the counter mechanism of an adder element showing the parts in position for resetting on a totalprinting operation.

Fig. 11 is .a detail of the transfer control contacts.

Fig. 12 is a section on line 12-12 of Fig. 9. Fig. 13 is a detail of the total printing control contacts.

Fig. 14 is a detail similar .to- Fig-10' but showing the parts in differentositions.

Figs. 15 and 16 are details illustrating the operation of theprinting mechanism.

Figs. 17 and 18 are sections at right angles v to each'ot'herof the switch bar operating devices, the former being along line 17- 17 of Fig- 1i V c Figs. 19,20 and 21 are details of one of the automatic timers which control machine eration undercertain conditions.

Fig. 22 is atypical cam contact used in the v machlne. V

Fi 23 is a sideelevation of tractlon element.

' Fig. 24 is a detail of a I complete subg ecial control operating mechanism fort e adding and listing switchbar shown in Fig. '1.

Fig.- 25 is a schematic arrangement of a subtraction unit with debit and credit adder units together with the contacts and circuits the cam shaft 62. All of these shafts and the alley '53 operates a gear traindesig hereinafter referred to as the printing drum rotate constantly as long as the motor is in operation. The laten 55 is rotated intermittently by suita le mechanism to properly feed the paper on which printing is effected, the operating power being obtained from an extension of the gear train 56. The card feed device,-indicated gnerally at 100, is operated by the card feed shaft 103 which is connected through a one revolution clutch 102 to a gear train 101 connected to the constantly rotating cam shaft 62. The arrangement and operation of these devices is substantially the same as the arrangement and operation of similar devices in the copending application referred to above and, as they are fully explained in that application, only such features as are essential to an understanding of the present in" vention will be dwelt upon in the present case.

The only changes necessitated by the subtracting function are the addition of certam subtraction units 52a, operated from the tab- ,7 ulating shaft 51, and of which certain operations are controlled by a link 96a cooperating with a cam on the cam shaft 62, and an extra timer 61a, driven by the shaft 58, and subtraction timer.

It will be understood that the operation of the motor 50 does not in itself initiate card feed but that the latter must be independently initiated by energizing the card feed clutch magnet 402. Energization of this magnet efi'ects clutching of the one revolution clutch elements and the card feed shaft 103 thereupon makes one complete revolution for each machine cycle and feeds one card into the analyzing mechanism for each revolution.

' The card feed mechanism ceases operation whenever the magnet 402'fails to be energized during any machine cycle, which Wlll occur either when the cards are exhausted from the magazine or when a card group changes if the machine is operated under automatic control.

fhe machine is controlled durin several initial cycles of tabulating operatlons and during all the total printing and subtracting cycles by one or more of the timers 59, 60, 61

and 611. Each of these is essentially a group of cam controlled contacts which open and close according to a predetermined sequence when the timer operates. In Fig. 1 the start- 55 ing timers or those controlling the beginning of-tabulating operations are indicated at 59 and 60 and are operated by the shaft 57. The

total timer is indicated at 61: and the subtraction timer at 61a, both of these belng operated by the shaft 58. Thesetimers enter into the subtraction operation and one of them will be explained in detail in connection with the illustrations in Figs. 19, 20 and 21 y of the drawings. The timer shaft isshown at 301 (Fig. 19) carrying suitably shaped cams 302 which cooperate with pivoted levers 303 (Fig.- 20) and cause them to openand the surface of a cam disk 314.- fast to the shaft 58. The shaft 58 as will be seen from Fig. 1, makes one revolution for each ma chine cycle and onceeach revolution lever 311 will be rocked by the cam. The ratchet wheel 306' is provided with six ratchet teeth and under operating conditions will be advanced the space of one tooth for each revo- -lution of the shaft 58. In other words when the timer is started its shaft 301 will rotate once during sixmachine cycles. One of the ratchet teeth, designated as 316, is longer than the others andthe movement of the pawl 307 is not suflicient to ermit it to slide off this tooth and enga e t e next one and as long as the timer sha remains in the position shown in the drawings'the pawli 307 merel rides up and down on the surface of this e ongated tooth. f

The operation of the timeris initiated by energizing the ma thereupon attracts its armature 321 and rocks a latch lever 322 attached thereto from its latching position beneath the arm 324 of a lever 323 freely.- supported on a stud 312. The lever 323 has a second arm 325 whose end extends into proximity to a cam 326 rigidly.

et 317 (Fig. 20) which mounted on the shaft 58. The arm is ordi.-

narily held out of the path of this cam by the. latch 322. A third arm 328 on the lever 323 carries a pivoted pawl 329 and also is at-- tached to the spring 327 tending to rotate the lever about its pivot. The pawl 329 co-acts with a notch 332 in a disc 331 rigidly mounted on the timer shaft. 'When'the lever 323' is in latched position as in Fig.;-21 the nose of pawl327 rests on the brink of not/ch 332. Energization of the magnet 317, by rocking the latch lever 322, releases the level- 323 and as soon as the cam 3 26 clears the end of the arm 32 5 the lever is rockedby the spring 327 and the pawl 329 engages the notch 322. The cam 326 in its next rotation strikes theencii of arm 325-and rocks the lever 323 against the force of spring 327, thus'imparting a slight rota-' tion to the notched disc 332 and the attached rocking of the lever 311 by'the cam 314 will rotate the timer shaft 301 for one-sixth of "a revolution on the pawl 307 "F'engaging each tooth of the ratchet 306. At;l the end of six cycles or revolutions of the shaft 58 the pawl 307 will again engage the surfaceof the elongated tooth and as the starting pulse is not supplied at this time it will again ride back and forth on the surface of the tooth 316. The movement of the timer shaft is not an even rotational movement .but' a series of steps eachof which carries the shaft rather quickly through a sixth of a revolution and allows it to remain stationary until the early part of the next machine cycle. The timer shaft 301 is releasably held at the end of each step by an impositive lock consisting of" a latch 335' which engages suitably spaced notches 334 in a disc 333'fixe'd to the timer cycle in which timer operation is initiated may be chosen where. most convenient.

The cams 302 are suitably shaped with respect to the particular timer in which they are assembled and the function which is is to performto control the operating circuits of the machine. After the timer has run out its six cycles and has come to rest inits normal position timer contacts 304. and 305 are inoperative until themagnet317 is again-energlzed to institute another timer operation.-

The switch bars 91, 92, 93 and 94 (Fig. 1)

are for'the purpose of connecting and dis-" connecting the operative devices of the machine such as the adder or subtraction units from their control elements when necessary.

into circuit closing position during each machine cycle in which no totaling or subtracting operations occur. When totaling operations take place the total print switch bar 83 moves to circuit clo'sing position-and in doin so-locks the adding and listing switchbar in open circuit position through the interlocking linkage 85,86 and 87 When subtracting operations occur the adding and listing switch bar is held out of circuit closing position by a magnet controlled by the subtraction timer as will be explained later.

A typical switchbar with itsassociated opin which the switchbar is shownat 383 and carries a plurality of insulated bridging con- 1 position by a suitable spring (not shown) but may be moved into closed circuit position by mechanism which will now be described. One arm of a bell crank 382 is pivoted to the end of the switch bar and its other arm is v pivoted to a vertical rod 381. Directly above theupper end of rod 381 is the shank 379 of a member 376, which is suitably guided for vertical motion and urged upward by a spring 378 surrounding the shank. The member 376 is provided with upwardly extending ears between which is pivoted a cam follower or roll 375.' This cam follower coacts with a cam 344 loosely mounted on the cam shaft 62 and rigidly'attached to a disc 343' which forms one element of a one revolution clutch.

The other element of the clutch consistsof a notched disc 342 pinned to the shaft 62. Energization of the magnet 373, causes the clutch elements to engage for a single revolution in the well known manner and causes the cam 344 to rotate. The high portion of the cam thereupon depresses the member 37 6 against the action of the spring 378 and the shank 379 depresses the rod 381 and rocks the bell crank-382, forcing the switchbar 383 into circuit closing position. Later in the cycle the cam follower 375 rides to the lower portion of the cam and bar 383 again moves to open circuit position and remains there until the magnet 373 is again energized. The total and group form just described. I

,The adding and listing switchbar 77 has operating mechanism of aslightly different form, this operating mechanism being shown in Fi 24. The bar is normally urged to circuit c osing'position by a spring (not shown) and is moved out of circuit closing position at times when cards are not actually under the brushes during tabulating cycles by a bell crank 811. The bell crank is actuated by a rod 812 whose up er end lies directly under the shank 814 o 'a vertically reciprocable member 813. This member carries a cam follower 815 which is urged into engagement with the surface of acam816 mounted on cam shaft 62 by a spring 826. Once each cycle, during the active analyzing portion of the cycle, the cam 816 permits the member 813 to rise under the action of spring 826 and the switch bar 77 to move to circuit closing position. At other times in the cycle the cam depresses the member 813 and forces the switch bar to open circuit position. As already explained mechanical linkage is provided to prevent the movement of the adding and listing'switchbar to circuit closing position when indicating switchbars are of this *the total print switchbar is in closed circuit crating jack is illustrated in Figs. 17 and 18 adding and listing position in open circuit position during certain subtracting cycles when thetotal print switch does not move to circuit closing position and this is effected by the magnet 720 which'is controlled from the subtraction timer. The magnet 720 has an armature 817 attached to a pivoted frame bearing a latch arm 820. This latch normally engages an arm821 as shown in the drawings and holds it against theaction of a spring 825 which likewise serves to hold the armature 817 away from the magnet when the latter is unenerglzed. When the magnet ,is

energized to attract its armature, the latch 820 releases the arm 821, which thereupon rotates slightly counterclockwise under the action of spring 825. An arm 822 rigidly connected to arm 821 likewise moves and a projection 823 thereon engages over the cam follower supporting ears on the member 813 and holds the latter down, preventing the switch 1 bar 77 from moving to circuit closing osition durin the cycle. At the end 0 the cycle the high portion of a cam 823 fixed to s aft 62 engages a projection 824 on arm 822 and rocks it together with the arm 821 Back into position to be relatched and on this shift ing of the levers the latch 820 again en ages and holds the arm 821 as shown in the rawmgs.

As the cards feed through the analyzing mechanism the items represented by their index points'are entered into the ac cumulating or adder elements. An adder element is shown in Fig. 4. The tabulating shaft 51 carries a bevel gear 111 meshing with a bevel pinion 113. 'The pinion 113 is' fixed to a.

shaft 115 which of course rotates as long as the driving motor is o crating. A sleeve123 i is pinned to' the sha with clutch teeth on its face. Freely mount- 115 and is provided ed on the shaft 115 is a sleeve 127 com rising the counter element of the'unit and aving clutch teeth on its'face adapted to coact with the clutch teeth on the sleeve 123. The sleeve 127 is free to slide on the shaft and is normally urged to clutch engaging position by'a pivoted shift'lever 150 biased by spring 142 .which is tension'ed during tabulating operamomentary energization of the magnet 151 which attracts its armature 152 and forces an arm 1 54, mounted on the pivoted armature 7 support, against a tail piece of the latch 158 and rocks the latter from beneath the shift lever 150. The shift lever thereupon, under the action of spring 142, shifts the counter 6- element causing its clutch teeth to .engage those on the sleeve 123. The counter element 127 then rotates with the sleeve 123 and the shaft 115 until at a fixed point in the cycle a projection onthe sleeve 123 strikes a cam projection 161 on shift lever 150 and cams the latter thereby disengaging the clutch elements. When the lever 150 is thus cammed out the latch 158 again slips under it and holds the clutch elements out of engagement until the magnet 151 isagain energized. The operation of the driving mechanism for the adder element is so synchronized with the card feed that the rotational movement of the counter element 127 registers the item represented by the index point on the card. 8

When one or a .plurality of items hawe been accumulated on the'counter element 127, the result or the amount standing on the counter element at any time may be printed. This totalin operation with the present machine may elther clear the counter, restoring it to its zero or home position, or permit the total which is printed to "remain on the counter. If the printed total is to be retained on the counter element the notched shaft 147 remains in the position shown in Fig. 4 constantly tensioning the spring 142 through the lever 148. Totaling is initiated 'byenergizing the counter magnet 151 which as before through its armature 152 and arm 154 trips the latch lever 158 and allows the shift lever 150 to effect engagement of the counter clutch elements. energization of the magnet 151 is so timed that the counter element 127 moves exactly 10 tooth spaces or points thereby causing it to pass through its zero osition" and reenter the item originally stan ing on it. The kick- In this case the outiskfie'ctedby a projection on the sleeve 123 which at the proper time enga es the cam projection '161 on the lever, rociing it against the action of spring 142 and permitting latch158 to again engage under the lever 150.

. Total printing is initiated as the counter element passes through its zero position. The counterielement 127 has elongated gear 171 formed on its end which mes es with a crown gear 172 formed on the rear 7 disc 173. As the count'er'element rotates the disc also rotates. 'The disc is provided with a pluralityof cam projections 175 and -the gear ratio is such that the disc rotates through the angular distance between ad acent projections when the counter element moves ten points. Just before the counter element 127 reaches zero position one of the projections 17 5 engages projection 252 on a pivoted lever 248 and cams the-lever upwardly causing a bridging'cont'act 247 to bridge printing control contacts mounted in the insulating block 109 (see Fig. 13) The bridging of these contacts closes a printing control circuit and energizes a printing m net to select a type for. printing correspon ing'to the i tem orig nally standing on the fhce of I counter element 127, the movement of the l moving the arm 177 from beneath the lever type carrying elements being adjusted to the inovement of the accumulating mechanism for this purpose. 1

When it is desired to clear the counter element on a total printing operation the actual printing is effected in the manner just described but in this case provision is made for disengaging the clutch elements. of the count-' er when it reaches zero position. For this operation the notched shaft 147 is rocked to the position shown in Fig. 10' whereupon the lever 148 no longer tensions the spring 142. The spring for the time being is tensioned by the lever 146 which is held in spring tensioning position by anarm 177 integral with lever 181. The operation is initiated'as previously by energizin the magnet 151 which permits shifting o the shift lever 150 causing engagement of the counter clutchelements.

When the counter element reaches zero position a projection 175 on the disc 173 engages the cam surfaces 184 on the end of lever 181 and rotates the latter'clockwise, re-

146as indicated in Fig. 14. This relieves the tension on the spring 142- which straightens and forces the struck-up exten- 'sion on lever 146 against an arm 291 on the shift lever 150-, shifting the latter to unclutch the counter element from the driving mechanism just as it reaches zero position; in other words, printing the total which originally stood on it and resetting it to zero.

The device for rocking the notched shaft 147-to the total with reset position isillustrated invFigs'. 3 and 3a. A link 96 is pivoted at one end to an arm 27 3 fixed to the shaft 147 and at the other end-to a lever 274. A spring 284 tends to constantly raise the link 96 and rock the shaft 147 to the total with reset position (as illustrated in Fig. 10).-

The arm 274, however, is normally latched by a pivoted latch 281 held in latching posi- 'tion by an extension 287 carried on the supporting structure of an armature 282 for the magnet 283. Energization of the magnet attracts its armature and releases the latch whereupon the spring 284 raises the link .96 and rocks the notched shaft 147 to the total with reset position. At the end either with or without reset of the'adder element has now been briefly explained for a single unit. It will be understood-that ordinarily several units arensed, each of which is apportioned to a particular denomi national order. In this case whenever a counter element in accumulating passes through its zero position" one. unit must be transferred to thenext higher adding element; This transferring operation has been fully disclosed in the copending'applicationabove referred to and will not be repeated in detail.

Briefly the transferring is effected byelectrical circuits containing gaps at-the contacts A and B, (Figs. 4, 8, 9 and 11) which are adapted to be bridged when necessary by bridging contact 166 mounted'on arm 167. By a suitable lever system the arm 167 is shifted under control of the disc 173 when the counter element reachesits 9 position by coaction of a' projection 175 with the cam surface 184 on lever 181 and shifted a slight additional distance when the counter element reaches zero position. When the counter element is in 9 position contact 166 brid'ges ing of the contacts A is of, noefl'ect unless the adjacent lower adding element passes through zero during the same machine cycle in which case there will be not only one unit entered into it but also one unit entered into the adjacent higher unit. This double transferrlng of course, is necessitated by the fact' that when an element stands at 9 and one unit is transferred to it moving it to zero an extra unit must be entered into the adjacent higher unit.

The printing mechanism (Figs. 2, 15 and 16) is of the rotary drum, type-substantially similar to that fully described in my U. S.

Patent No. 1,516,079 although the details of the call and control system have been changed in somev degree as will be clear from the following description. The printin drum 54 carries a plurality of circumferential rows of type 211 mounted on pivoted carriers 212. Ordinarily one row is provided for each column of the controlling cards and each row contains a type for printing each character which may be represented by the index points in the record columns and additional type for printing special characters which may be desirableunder certain circumstances, such as total marks or asterisks; Only one row of type has been illustrated in the drawings but it will be understood that. the control and operation of the other rows is identical with 

